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Given below are two statements.

Statement I :  Phenols are weakly acidic.

Statement II :  Therefore they are freely soluble in \mathrm{NaOH} solution and are weaker acids than alcohols and water.

Choose the most appropriate option :

Option: 1

Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.


Option: 2

Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.


Option: 3

Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.


Option: 4

Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.


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Phenol has pka of 10 and is weakly acidic

Phenols are freely soluble in \mathrm{NaOH} but they are stronger acids than alcohols or water.

\therefore Statement I is correct while Statement II is incorrect.

Hence correct option is 3.

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